Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-01-14


We're like empowered lakes, their placid bostsns
mirroring the overhanginy TO iase OF the grassy
banks. His agitations were like mountain tor
rents, leaping, dashns, Laundering down their
When composed the ocean Ct his emotions was
SO placid that q little child might sail his bout
troubled, the heavens growled, thunder answer.
ed thund r The ethereal fires cleaned and
burned, wave mounted wave, and whole arma-
men.s were 81 altered before tho fury OF the
storm. This is tho key to the warmth of his
friendship and the bitterness OF his enmity.
Logan's Courtship and Marriage.
[Murphysboro Ml.) Cor. Chicago Tribune.l
Mrs. Logan is q woman of national note, and
this not only because of her being the wife Ut
of her own wonderful talents in shaping and
forwarding the aims Of her husband. Mrs.
Mary simmerson Logan, the eldest child Of
Hsps 5Sm ond Eosn, COUNTY
souri,, to Williamson County, Illinois, when she
was but fifteen months old. ana settled In
Cunningham. Next to Mary was Hannah
When Ham grew up she married NJ. c.
Campbell, enc Of prominent family OF early
Mr.. Campbell subsequently married Cyrene, q
younger sister, who is his present Wife. Mr..
Campbell owns furnishing store in Marion.
few doors off. The present Mrs. Campbell Is
ten years younger than her sister, Mrs.
Logan and is Sigh, and d. graceful!
intelligent, successful business man and
farmer, and on active Democratic politician.
When John-General Logan, l mean--tirst
course of u chat John was about 10, and sister
n ! tile thing of or 8. 1t wns Mt the time John
was going with father to the Mexican war; You
see, father had been Sheriff of this county sew
eral Years, and was Representative in the Legs-
lature i'll 1874 ana 1915, or thereab outs. He was
we'll acquainted with Alexander NJ. jenkins.
was very prominent lawyer: Me- jenkins was
young Logans uncle. John had tried
to enlist for the Mexican war
but the company was made ' up Without him.
Then he raised some men himself ard got q
letter from his uncle, Mr. Jenkins, to my father,
here in Williamson County. Father had served
in ths Black Hawk war, and when tie call
came for troops for Mexico be at once set to
work. Capt Hampton. who had also fought
in tho Buick Hawk war, as also raising q
company in this county, Williamson County
h;It ing promised two companies. Father had
his company filled when John got here but
Capt Hampton had only forty three men. In the
letter John had Nc Jenkins ask father to get
John Captaincy if possible and in any .ase
seven men with hi,n-au young fellows like
himself whom he had gathered i'll Jackson
County: Father said it would not look we'll to
ling OF 10, and quite slender and young looking
because he was tco young, ard that Captain
Hampton, who was All old soldier should have
the post. 1t was then agreed that John thirty
seven men should go into Capt. Hampton's com
pany and John be made First Lieutenant. Sis
ter Mary, who, say was then little thing of Z
terribly proud of her She was the smartest
girl ut the school. While the companies
were getting ready to march John stopped
Cumpbel1's. One day father had Mary On his
knee when John came in, and father says in the
joking way he Lad John, if yoa distinguish
hn 1o,,'< b,,%, hos
let you marry Mary here Some jokes passed
about Mary being John Logan sweetheart,
and some months later, when father and John
got q letter from Mary he gave it to John to
heart, john
Father and John were mustered out together
in lsli. continued Mrs Campbell. John went
to studying law and father. who had been ma le
very poor by the war. soon Mt rward went to
California to dig for soli-thnt was the time Ut
the gold fever. While father was gone Mary
WAS great help to nlother, helping her to sup
port the family Mary did the Eoust hold work
and helped the neighbors, and sewod at night
ana attended school dnytime-,.nd though only
nlne or ten Years old, Was the best work, ever
was ntaer came back from California
no bettes off than when he went away.
trar OF the Land Once ut Shaw
neetown. We moved there in 1852 Meantime
Johu had been made Prescott ng Attorney and
mo,ed to Benton about the same tine we went
to shawneetown. An cd friend o. Johns s, Sum-
uel K. Casey, lived ~ Benton ana induced John
70 go mere SO as to be near the center of his
Jld ca. q strict. John usel to come to Shaw
neeto"n in his regular court circuit and guess
always had his eye on May. thoueh sho wa,
oniy IA or -; Father was Il rk OF the Court
aud some os4er Things beside Land Office Neg
I - ana Mary helped him in his writing
La 1898 Mary was sent to st. Vircent Con
ven vent !, IN hentueny--we wtre all Protestants,
%nefs girls could get ad. anccd oducnton-
anu she stall at the convent. l think
I ad ye ionss or nearly that Sic might have
saw saw IN some paper that Mary graduated at
this com ent- WE'LL she didn't. She didn't
s's y, i1ns enongh She could have gradual d
alafrE Jchn Logan. John saw her during
vacations and holiiays-he had good deal
~ I,.. pus ne.s i'll Shawneetown those times.
rroonbly he was as much in Shawnectown "a
ne " Us 'tI mona III Benton. Mary was only 16
Mhen John said to father one day: Curtain.
you promised !I1 to i've me Mary, ana 1 expect
marry her OF course, Mary was tie apnIe Of
lltAef eye, and was rather young Tor mar.
r rnis, any ow; but rs Mary wanted to marry
j. ohn, and as John wanted to mary Mar. tbs
weLaing came off within three months
c,,a n.sS were married Mt fathers house in
a inv, naet ss W. Alien, known as Josh
prnghel III y coul lie OF years ago, end who was
IN Partner in the law bus mess for a while.
Mas MaS oe Is , man and S. Ann Hall, row Mrs.
! -, iSIlelii;, !, wore beautiful lavender silk
d ins and looked as pretty as a i,turo She
WI was, ana that was only about H. She was
Hlnety,slx pounds Weight guess she's I15
low. lhere was big crowd there. There WINS
those days" W. "oo0"es "
The Cause OF Gen. Logan's Death.
From the Medical Record
i've me nee case Sc 81 the ate Gen Logan appears to
"e enc OF those rare ones in which acute rheu-
,.,, DI. =. II. Baxter of Washington, u. G was
s rnn 10 see him, and found him suffering
wrlst. He improved Until tho Ilth. VIXEN ha
,nth relapse, the hi B. ankles lest, and